Сравнение на методи

	Насочена централност по близост	Насочена централност по собствен вектор
Област	Мрежови анализ	Мрежови анализ
Семейство	Machine learning	Machine learning
Година на възникване	1979–1994	1972–1987
Създател	Freeman, L. C.; Wasserman, S. & Faust, K.	Bonacich, P.
Тип	Centrality measure	Centrality measure (eigenvector-based, directed)
Основополагащ източник	Wasserman, S. & Faust, K. (1994). Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-38269-4	Bonacich, P. (1987). Power and centrality: A family of measures. American Journal of Sociology, 92(5), 1170–1182.
Други названия	directed closeness, in-closeness centrality, out-closeness centrality, directional closeness	directed EC, asymmetric eigenvector centrality, right eigenvector centrality, left eigenvector centrality
Свързани	5	5
Резюме	Directed closeness centrality extends the classical closeness measure to directed networks by separately quantifying how quickly a node can be reached by others (in-closeness) and how quickly it can reach all others (out-closeness). It is a foundational node-level metric in social network analysis and graph theory, used wherever link direction conveys meaningful asymmetry such as citation flows, information cascades, or authority hierarchies.	Directed eigenvector centrality extends the classic eigenvector centrality to directed graphs by scoring each node according to the centrality of the nodes that point to it (in-direction) or that it points to (out-direction). A node earns a high score not merely by having many connections but by being connected to other highly central nodes, capturing asymmetric influence in citation networks, social hierarchies, and information flows.